Australian jockey Zac Purton remains locked in a enthralling tussle with arch-rival Joao Moreira as he tries to defend his Hong Kong jockeys’ premiership crown. Purton rode four winners at Sha Tin on Sunday, including Exultant in the Champions & Chater Cup, the final Group One race of the Hong… Read More »
Prominent jockey Jason Waddell will quit New Zealand racing to ride in Australia as soon as travel between the two countries can resume. Waddell, regarded as one of New Zealand’s best riders with 13 Group One wins to his credit, said he had thought long and hard about the move…. Read More »
Top Queensland sprinter Tambo’s Mate has been injured and will miss the Group One Stradbroke Handicap. Tambo’s Mate had beaten the ballot for the Stradbroke Handicap at Eagle Farm on June 6 after winning the Group Three BRC Sprint at Doomben three weeks ago. The gelding ran seventh in the… Read More »
Australian jockey Damian Lane has added another handful of winners to his tally in Japan but has come up short in the Group One Japanese Oaks won by emerging star Daring Tact. Lane rode five winners at Tokyo at the weekend, with a treble on Saturday and a double on… Read More »
Queensland’s iconic Birdsville horse racing carnival is the latest COVID-19 victim, with organisers announcing this year’s event has been scratched. The event, known as the Melbourne Cup of the outback, have been held since 1882 and is a major tourist drawcard for operators in the state’s far west. The races,… Read More »
Jockey Brad Stewart is the latest to need a stay on a suspension if he is to ride at the big Group One day of racing at Eagle Farm. There is an increasing shortage of top jockeys in Queensland which has been exacerbated by injury, suspensions and coronavirus restrictions imposed… Read More »
Brant Dunshea, chief regulatory officer at the British Horseracing Authority, has expressed his confidence that racing will be able to resume in Britain on June 1. Racing was last staged on March 17 and the government announced earlier this month that no professional sport, even behind closed doors, would take… Read More »
Exultant showed all his class to dig deep and defend his crown in the Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup at Sha Tin on Sunday. Known as Irishcorrespondent when with Michael Halford in Ireland, the Tony Cruz-trained six-year-old finished second in the Group One feature in 2018, but went one… Read More »
Trainer Robert Hickmott has described the performance of German import Django Freeman as “super” after the entire’s Australian debut placing at Flemington. With Craig Williams in the saddle, Django Freeman finished third behind Reykjavik and Shot Of Irish in Saturday’s Apache Cat Handicap over 1600m. Reykjavik storms home over the… Read More »
Godolphin will use a proven strategy with accomplished filly Exhilarates in anticipation she can add further depth to the stable’s Stradbroke Handicap team. Exhilarates is campaigning in Queensland, where she first made a name for herself, and returned to racing with a Gold Coast Guineas placing. She will run in… Read More »
It took a leap of faith for Irish-born apprentice Robbie Dolan to move to Australia and he is again prepared to back himself as he launches into the next phase of his riding career. The 24-year-old notched his 80th winner last week to outride his allowance and Saturday’s Randwick meeting… Read More »
Backed by a rich pedigree in overseas racing, Matt Cumani could be the right trainer to provide a fresh insight into any potential changes to the Victorian spring carnival. Cumani hails from the UK and is the son of highly respected former trainer Luca Cumani and has had a lifetime… Read More »
The end of the carnival in Adelaide was to herald the start of a new era for the Tony McEvoy stable and rider Barend Vorster. McEvoy, who trains in partnership with his son Calvin, was planning to relocate to on-course stables at Ballarat with Vorster to follow from the team’s… Read More »
Racing Queensland’s early release of a modified schedule of feature racing in the major country centres will see the re-mergence of the annual trek north by horses from the south of the state. In recent months, the Queensland racing industry has continued under strict biosecurity measures including patron-free meetings due… Read More »
Jockey Matt McGillivray will need a stay of a suspension if he is to ride in the big Group One race day at Eagle Farm on Saturday week. Stewards opened an inquiry after Red Chase and Thy Kingdom Come suffered interference at the 1100m in the second race at Eagle… Read More »
A rise in distance and a patient ride by apprentice Lewis German has helped Reykjavik race to an impressive victory at Flemington. Getting out wide on a rain-sodden track, Reykjavik recorded a convincing win in the Apache Cat Handicap to give trainer Lindsey Smith a double with two former West… Read More »
A decision by Louise Day to switch from the provincial to metropolitan zone riding zone has been vindicated with the apprentice celebrating two milestones at Randwick. Day, who is indentured to Kris Lees at Newcastle, recently made the call to quarantine for two weeks in order to ride in town…. Read More »
Coronavirus pandemic restrictions mean Port Macquarie trainer Jenny Graham might miss being trackside for her best opportunity to win a Group One race. The Graham-trained Victorem ($17) overcame a tumultuous two weeks when he beat Niccanova ($21) by 1-1/4 lengths in the Group Two Victory Stakes at Eagle Farm on… Read More »
Gold Coast trainer Michael Costa’s loyalty to jockey Allan Chau paid off when they combined for their first Group wins at Eagle Farm. Chau produced a daring ride on Supergiant ($10) who led all the way to beat Ballistic Boy ($8.50) by a nose in the Group Three Gunsynd Classic… Read More »
Former West Australian galloper Great Again has relished the wet conditions at Flemington to record a fighting first-up victory. Trained by Lindsey Smith, Great Again added a third stakes win to his record with success in Saturday’s Listed Straight Six (1200m). Great Again arrived in Victoria last year and had… Read More »
